in the saddle
1. riding a horse

2. in charge or in control:
The chairman is back in the saddle after his heart attack.

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in the saddle
in control.
It looks like those who oppose environmental controls are going to be in the saddle.

Related vocabulary: in the driver's seat
Etymology: based on the idea that someone who is in the saddle (= seat fastened on the back of a horse) controls the horse's movements

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in the saddle
in command, in control
The president is back in the saddle again after being ill for several months.

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in the saddle
adv. or adj. phr. In command; in control; in a position to order or boss others.
Mr. Park was in the saddle when he had over half the company's stock.
Getting appointed chief of police put Stevens in the saddle.

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